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At least it is honest. Perhaps it will help if it elicits sympathy for him. At the same time, McCain is not a naif. He can't say, as Obama might in similar circumstances, "I didn't know." McCain ran against this same campaign mentality, the one he has used in this campaign, in 2000. If in fact he "let things get out of hand," then it speaks volumes to the kind of discipline he would lack in controlling message and behavior if he was President. I can't see how the comment helps him, except if it is perceived as the "straight talk" that got bent out of shape sometime in August.

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